Business Question

Overview

In this course, you have continued to explore how sustainability can be considered in various contexts and within the three pillars of business, social justice, and environmental quality. You will explore these pillars further throughout the rest of the course and will incorporate your knowledge about them into your project.

In the Module Three project draft, you began working on your project by examining a chosen scenario and considering sustainable practices and actionable steps related to the scenario. You drafted Part One of the project. Now, for this Module Five project draft, you will draft Part Two and Part Three of the project.

Directions

First, consult the Project Guidelines and Rubric to review the scope of the project. Also consult the Scenario Profiles document to review the scenario you chose for the Module Three project draft. You will use the same scenario for this Module Five project draft and for the project.

Note: You can find the Project Guidelines and Rubric and the Scenario Profiles document in the assignment information section of this course.

Then, based on your chosen scenario, respond to each part below by completing the corresponding sections in the Project Template. You can find the link to the Project Template in the What to Submit section of this assignment.

Specifically, you must address the following:

Profile (Corresponds with Part Two of the project)

In this section, you will use a profile related to your chosen group to consider how organizations or groups mentioned in the profile have improved (or not improved) their sustainability practices. The profile is provided in the Scenario Profiles document, which you can find in the assignment information section of this course.

Describe the value of sustainability practices in human and environmental systems.

What are the short-term benefits of implementing sustainable practices in your chosen group’s related profile?

What are the long-term benefits of implementing these sustainable practices?

Explain the relationship between sustainable systems and human equity in the context of the related profile.

In what ways did your profile highlight the relationship between sustainable practices and human equity?

Describe how conflict resolution is used in the profile to support sustainability.

What examples of conflict resolution were evident in your profile?

How were the conflicts resolved (or not) in your profile? How did resolving conflicts impact sustainable practices?

Explain how cultural systems relate to sustainability within the profile.

What cultural systems were predominant in your profile? What role did culture play in sustainability efforts in your profile?

Actionable Steps (Corresponds with Part Three of the project)

In this section, you will focus on describing actionable steps related to sustainability for your chosen group. To do this, you will highlight the current state of your chosen group’s sustainability practice and then describe actionable steps for each pillar of sustainability.

Explain why sustainability improvement is needed in your chosen group.

What areas of sustainability are needed in your chosen group?

What are the benefits for your chosen group if they improve sustainability practices?

Describe how the perspectives of the various stakeholders of your chosen group provide a context to improve sustainability practices related to the concerns of the group.

How do the perspectives within the group influence efforts made to improve sustainability practices?

Explain how cultural diversity in your chosen group can be of value in addressing sustainability issues.

Recommend actionable steps your chosen group could take for each pillar of sustainability.

Reflect on what you know about your chosen group and sustainability. What are some actions that could be taken to improve sustainability?

For each pillar of sustainability, what are some benefits of improving sustainability practices within your chosen group?